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Book Synopsis Braddock's Defeat by : David Lee Preston
Download or read book Braddock's Defeat written by David Lee Preston and published by Pivotal Moments in American Hi. This book was released on 2015 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On July 9, 1755, British and colonial troops under the command of General Edward Braddock suffered a crushing defeat to French and Native American enemy forces in Ohio Country. Known as the Battle of the Monongahela, the loss altered the trajectory of the Seven Years' War in America, escalating the fighting and shifting the balance of power. An unprecedented rout of a modern and powerful British army by a predominantly Indian force, Monongahela shocked the colonial world--and also planted the first seeds of an independent American consciousness. The culmination of a failed attempt to capture Fort Duquesne from the French, Braddock's Defeat was a pivotal moment in American and world history. While the defeat is often blamed on blundering and arrogance on the part of General Braddock--who was wounded in battle and died the next day--David Preston's gripping new work argues that such a claim diminishes the victory that Indian and French forces won by their superior discipline and leadership. In fact, the French Canadian officer Captain Beaujeu had greater tactical skill, reconnaissance, and execution, and his Indian allies were the most effective and disciplined troops on the field. Preston also explores the long shadow cast by Braddock's Defeat over the 18th century and the American Revolution two decades later. The campaign had been an awakening to empire for many British Americans, spawning ideas of American identity and anticipating many of the political and social divisions that would erupt with the outbreak of the Revolution. Braddock's Defeat was the defining generational experience for many British and American officers, including Thomas Gage, Horatio Gates, and perhaps most significantly, George Washington. A rich battle history driven by a gripping narrative and an abundance of new evidence,Braddock's Defeat presents the fullest account yet of this defining moment in early American history.
Book Synopsis Campaigning with Braddock by : William Murray Graydon
Download or read book Campaigning with Braddock written by William Murray Graydon and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Washington's Early Campaigns by : James Hadden
Download or read book Washington's Early Campaigns written by James Hadden and published by . This book was released on 2009-03 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Washington's campaigns in British service It is simple to view George Washington as the most famous and successful soldier of the American War of Independence or indeed as the first president of the newly created United States. His military career began, of course, long before these illustrious years of his life. For more than twenty years before the battles that severed North America from Britain, Washington served on campaign and on the battlefield in the service of his fellow colonial settlers and the Crown itself. Then, before and during the French and Indian War, the enemy was the French Army representing its government's bid to lay claim to the New World and its indigenous Indian allies who were ever ready to wage war against those of British origin. Here is an account of Washington's part in the campaigns of his early career culminating in his role in one of the most infamous military disasters of the period under Braddock. To add context to this pivotal action of the French and Indian War, Braddock's own Orderly Books of the period leading up to the battle are appended to this volume.
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Book Synopsis March to Disaster by : Joseph A. Jackson
Download or read book March to Disaster written by Joseph A. Jackson and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2008-12-12 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the beginning of the French and Indian War in 1755, General Edward Braddock led a force he recruited and trained against Fort Duquesne and the French forces holding it. The French forces, moved out from the fort to check the British advance. The disastrous defeat of the British force at the battle of the Monongahela unleashed a torrent of Indian attacks that claimed many civilian lives and reduced colonial trust in Great Britain's ability to defend her colonies. This engagement set the conditions that fostered within the colonists a growing mistrust of Great Britain and her colonial policies.
Book Synopsis Braddock's Campaign 1755 by : Winthrop Sargent
Download or read book Braddock's Campaign 1755 written by Winthrop Sargent and published by Leonaur Limited. This book was released on 2018-10-09 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The road to disaster in the New World wilderness The American theatre of the Seven Years War known as 'The French and Indian War' has become a popular subject for military history students and enthusiasts. It pitted the great powers of Britain and France against each other on a continent which was a wilderness sparsely populated by primitive Indian tribes and colonists who were loyal to the antagonists according to their nation of origin. Everyone with an interest in this war has heard of Braddock's Campaign of 1755, which terminated on the Monongahela River. This was a catastrophic defeat for the British early in the conflict which illustrated undeniable truths and taught brutal lessons. The French and their native allies demonstrated they understood how warfare should be fought in the great woodlands, while the British Army and its commanders fatally misunderstood how different this war would be from one fought on European battlefields. Caught in ambush, General Edward Braddock was killed, his force severely defeated. Only some of the colonial militia loyal to the British present, which included George Washington, acquitted themselves capably and in a manner which, fortunately for the cause of the Crown, they maintained for the rest of the war. This book, in its lengthier original form, included several first-hand accounts by those who were present. These have been removed to focus on the author's excellent history of the historical events. The eye-witness material has been included in Leonaur's Narratives of the French and Indian War series. Sargent's text has been enhanced with maps and illustrations which were not present in the original work. Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their spines and fabric head and tail bands.
Book Synopsis Monongahela 1754–55 by : René Chartrand
Download or read book Monongahela 1754–55 written by René Chartrand and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-03-20 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 9 July 1755 amid the wilderness of North America, Britain suffered one of the most humiliating defeats in her history. General Braddock's army, a mixture of British regulars and American militia, was shattered, losing over 900 men from a force of 1,300. Braddock was killed and the remnants of his army rescued by his aide, Colonel George Washington. The origins of this defeat can be traced back to the death of a junior French officer little more than a year before in a relatively minor skirmish with a party of Virginian militia commanded by the same George Washington. René Chartrand examines the subsequent chain of events that ultimately sparked a world war.
Book Synopsis On Campaign Against Fort Duquesne by : Douglas R. Cubbison
Download or read book On Campaign Against Fort Duquesne written by Douglas R. Cubbison and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-06-08 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the Seven Years' War, Sir John St. Clair served as Deputy Quartermaster General with British General Edward Braddock's disastrous campaign to capture Fort Duquesne at the Forks of the Ohio in 1755. St. Clair had great responsibilities during the campaign and was the first Deputy Quartermaster General in North America's history. History has laid a litany of blame at Braddock's feet: he was old, slow, logistically naive, a martinet poorly versed in tactics, uninterested in his soldiers' welfare and unwilling to cooperate with the colonists. Based on a new transcription of St. Clair's correspondence, this comprehensive study of Braddock's logistics offers a radical reinterpretation of the general and his campaign. The author also presents an examination of St. Clair's role as quartermaster during Brigadier General John Forbes' subsequent and successful campaign against Fort Duquesne in 1758.
Book Synopsis Atlantic Politics, Military Strategy and the French and Indian War by : Richard Hall
Download or read book Atlantic Politics, Military Strategy and the French and Indian War written by Richard Hall and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2016-07-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1755 marked the point at which events in America ceased to be considered subsidiary affairs in the great international rivalry that existed between the colonial powers of Great Britain and France. This book examines the Braddock Campaign of 1755, a segment of the wider ‘Braddock Plan’ that aimed to drive the French from all of the contested regions they occupied in North America. Rather than being an archetypal military history-styled analysis of General Edward Braddock’s foray into the Ohio Valley, this work will argue that British defeat at the infamous Battle of the Monongahela should be viewed as one that ultimately embodied military, political and diplomatic divergences and weaknesses within the British Atlantic World of the eighteenth century. These factors, in turn, hinted at growing schisms in the empire that would lead to the breakup of British North America in the 1770s and the birth of the future United States. Such an interpretation moves away from the conclusion so often advanced that Braddock’s Defeat was a distinctly, and principally ‘British’, martial catastrophe; hence allowing the outcome of this pivotal event in American history to be understood in a different vein than has hitherto been apparent.
Book Synopsis Atlantic Politics, Military Strategy and the French and Indian War by : Richard Hall
Download or read book Atlantic Politics, Military Strategy and the French and Indian War written by Richard Hall and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-06-28 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1755 marked the point at which events in America ceased to be considered subsidiary affairs in the great international rivalry that existed between the colonial powers of Great Britain and France. This book examines the Braddock Campaign of 1755, a segment of the wider ‘Braddock Plan’ that aimed to drive the French from all of the contested regions they occupied in North America. Rather than being an archetypal military history-styled analysis of General Edward Braddock’s foray into the Ohio Valley, this work will argue that British defeat at the infamous Battle of the Monongahela should be viewed as one that ultimately embodied military, political and diplomatic divergences and weaknesses within the British Atlantic World of the eighteenth century. These factors, in turn, hinted at growing schisms in the empire that would lead to the breakup of British North America in the 1770s and the birth of the future United States. Such an interpretation moves away from the conclusion so often advanced that Braddock’s Defeat was a distinctly, and principally ‘British’, martial catastrophe; hence allowing the outcome of this pivotal event in American history to be understood in a different vein than has hitherto been apparent.
Book Synopsis The History of an Expedition Against Fort Du Quesne, in 1755 Under Major-General Edward Braddock by : Winthrop Sargent
Download or read book The History of an Expedition Against Fort Du Quesne, in 1755 Under Major-General Edward Braddock written by Winthrop Sargent and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains a history of Braddock's Campaign in 1755 against Fort Duquesne.
Book Synopsis Conestoga Wagons in Braddock's Campaign, 1755 by : Donald H. Berkebile
Download or read book Conestoga Wagons in Braddock's Campaign, 1755 written by Donald H. Berkebile and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Conestoga Wagons in Braddock's Campaign, 1755 by : Don H. Berkebile
Download or read book Conestoga Wagons in Braddock's Campaign, 1755 written by Don H. Berkebile and published by Alpha Edition. This book was released on 2022-01-25 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies and hence the text is clear and readable.
Book Synopsis Conestoga Wagons in Braddock's Campaign, 1755 by : Berkebile Donald H
Download or read book Conestoga Wagons in Braddock's Campaign, 1755 written by Berkebile Donald H and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2016-06-23 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Download or read book Louisbourg 1758 written by René Chartrand and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-03-20 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Louisbourg represented a major threat to Anglo-American plans to invade Canada. Bypassing it would leave an immensely powerful enemy base astride the Anglo-American lines of communication – Louisbourg had to be taken. Faced with strong beach defences and rough weather, it took six days to land the troops, and it was only due to a stroke of daring on the part of a young brigadier named James Wolfe, who managed to turn the French beach position, that this was achieved. The story is largely based on firsthand accounts from the journals of several participants, including French Governor Drucour's, whose excellent account has never been published.
Book Synopsis Braddock's Campaign and the Potomac Route to the West by : Ross De Witt Netherton
Download or read book Braddock's Campaign and the Potomac Route to the West written by Ross De Witt Netherton and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Braddock Road Chronicles, 1755 by : Andrew J. Wahll
Download or read book Braddock Road Chronicles, 1755 written by Andrew J. Wahll and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1755 Maj. Gen. Edward Braddock was put in charge of constructing a road from the Potomac River at Wills Creek (Cumberland, MD), to Fort Duquesne (present-day Pittsburgh) at the forks of the Ohio River. His object was to take the fort and thereby launch
Book Synopsis March to Disaster by : U. S. Military
Download or read book March to Disaster written by U. S. Military and published by . This book was released on 2017-10-16 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This military study posits that the leadership of Major General Edward Braddock led to the defeat of the force that he recruited, trained, and led against Fort Duquesne in July 1755. This thesis places Braddock into the strategic context of the time, seeks to highlight relevant leadership decisions he made that yield insights for today's combat leaders. The defeat at the Battle of the Monongahela resulted in a torrent of Indian attacks that claimed many civilian lives and reduced colonial trust in Great Britain's ability to defend her colonies. This engagement set the conditions that fostered within the colonists a growing mistrust of Great Britain and her colonial policies. CHAPTER 1 - CLASH OF TITANS * Introduction * Colonial Policy * Parle with the French - Washington's Journey 1753-54 * The Honors of War * All Politics Are Local * Britain Plans for War * Chapter Summary * CHAPTER 2 - BRADDOCK BUILDS AN ARMY * Introduction * Origins of Braddock's Leadership * Diplomacy: Assemblies and Headmen * Braddock's Anglo-American Troops * Logistics: Pounds and Provisions * Other Means of Supply * Transportation * Developing the Force * Chapter Summary * CHAPTER 3 - A RATIONAL WAY OF WAR * Introduction * The Troops Assemble * Distance, Rate, and Time * Chapter Summary * CHAPTER 4 - MEETING ENGAGEMENT * Introduction * Combat * Ratios and Proportions * The Participants' Accounts * Chapter Summary * CHAPTER 5 - CONCLUSIONS * APPENDIX A - ORDER OF ASSEMBLED ANGLO-AMERICAN TROOPS * Fort Cumberland, Maryland 30 May 1755 * First Brigade * Second Brigade * The Artillery Train
